I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.

I just completed a tour in Europe. I played every night. This requires traveling some days for six hours in a van or a train or a car. After six weeks of that, I checked into the hotel and just fell apart.

Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.

We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.

Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another.

I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.

Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.